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Mt. Rushmore & Mt. Trashmore of Halloween candy

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Mt. Rushmore: Snickers, Hershey Bars, Reece's peanut butter cups, Butterfingers

Mt Trashmore: Candy corn, Necco wafers, smarties, jelly beans

Backup Mt. Rushmore: Mr. Goodbar, KitKat, Heath bar, peanut M&Ms

Backup Mt. Trashmore: Twizzlers, Dots, Laffy Taffy, Circus Peanuts

Be the Mt. Rushmore of the neighborhood, not the Mt Trashmore.
 
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outside shooter said:
Mt. Rushmore: Snickers, Hershey Bars, Reece's peanut butter cups, Butterfingers

Mt Trashmore: Candy corn, Necco wafers, smarties, jelly beans

Backup Mt. Rushmore: Mr. Goodbar, KitKat, Heath bar, peanut M&Ms

Backup Mt. Trashmore: Twizzlers, Dots, Laffy Taffy, Circus Peanuts

Be the Mt. Rushmore of the neighborhood, not the Mt Trashmore.
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Not a bad list though IMO snickers needs to drop. I feel sour patch kids deserves a mention.
 
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it's all just sugar anyway.

seen on mcmurtry's doorstep.......

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Starbursts and Lifesavers are trending toward the trashmore end of the spectrum. Would definitely fish for the Nestle's Crunch in that sorry-ass basket.
 
Mt Rushmore - KitKat, Reece's peanut butter cups, Peanut M&M, 3 Musketeers

Mt Trashmore- candy corn, dots, twizzlers, jellybeans
 
mcmurtry66 said:
Halloween is ruined for kids. There’s no excitement. The variety available at every store ruined the surprise. Now every house you go to has the exact same shit
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Since we live in the country, all the kids go to basically two subdivisions in the area.

I've pinpointed one for one reason. There's one house that will give out beer to dads and hot chocolate to the kids. Have done this for years.

Also, and I don't know if they just moved in, but last year, one house in that same subdivision was giving out money. I don't know if they ran out of candy or what, but she got dollar bills.

My conscious wouldn't let her circle back around.
 
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Halloween is my jam. Favorite holiday. We go all out with decorations.

I am also very generous with candy.

I give a handful of candy as a base (so approximately 6-10 pieces). I also test kids on their geography (if they are 12ish or older).
If they can name the capitol city of the state I give them, they get triple candy (3 handfuls). Sadly, the success rate is only about 10% (though I have had kids tell me that they literally studied for my house in some years).

I generally stick with the Mt. Rushmores, BUT I also have had two kids that have grown up with a dairy allergy and will get any of the leftovers at the end of the night. So I usually also pick up a bag or two of the skittles / starburst combo-bags.

Interesting that peanut M&M's seem to be getting more love than regular M&M's.

While chocolate is always preferred, I admit that I have a soft spot for both Bottle Caps and Fun Dip.
 
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outside shooter said:
Mt. Rushmore: Snickers, Hershey Bars, Reece's peanut butter cups, Butterfingers

Mt Trashmore: Candy corn, Necco wafers, smarties, jelly beans

Backup Mt. Rushmore: Mr. Goodbar, KitKat, Heath bar, peanut M&Ms

Backup Mt. Trashmore: Twizzlers, Dots, Laffy Taffy, Circus Peanuts

Be the Mt. Rushmore of the neighborhood, not the Mt Trashmore.
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You're nothing but an apologist for big chocolate with a bad peanut addictdion. Hershey Bars are certified to suck and suck only slightly more than Mr. Goodbar, which sucks pretty hard.

Laffy Taffy and jelly beans rule. Deliver a handful of the different flavors of tootsie rolls (keep the banana ones to yourself tho) and some Nerds and you'll make a kid's day.

And what century does your neighborhood live in anyway? No one on earth is giving out Necco wafers or Circus Peanuts. You're being silly just to prop up big (bad) chocolate.

Long live fruit flavored candy!

P.S. Unless you give out full-sized chocolate bars. Then much respect.
 
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outside shooter said:
Starbursts and Lifesavers are trending toward the trashmore end of the spectrum. Would definitely fish for the Nestle's Crunch in that sorry-ass basket.
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Starbursts are a kids favorite.

From your chocolate list, Reese's Take 5 are better than anything you've got there.
 
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You're nothing but an apologist for big chocolate with a bad peanut addictdion. Hershey Bars are certified to suck and suck only slightly more than Mr. Goodbar, which sucks pretty hard.

Laffy Taffy and jelly beans rule. Deliver a handful of the different flavors of tootsie rolls (keep the banana ones to yourself tho) and some Nerds and you'll make a kid's day.

And what century does your neighborhood live in anyway? No one on earth is giving out Necco wafers or Circus Peanuts. You're being silly just to prop up big (bad) chocolate.

Long live fruit flavored candy!

P.S. Unless you give out full-sized chocolate bars. Then much respect.
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Jelly beans are not good.

Laffy taffy though, yeah, super underrated.

I know not a candy, but my youngest would choose Peeps all day over any candy listed. She loves those things. I think her taste buds are shot.
 
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I thought that the homemade stuff all went away in the 70s with the razor blade scares, which was likely mostly myths & urban legends.

I vaguely remember getting the popcorn balls, apples, homemade cookies, etc.
 
Baller23Boogie said:
my youngest would choose Peeps all day over any candy listed.
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Do Peeps even exist, outside of the two weeks leading up to Easter?

I may owe an apology to Payday bars. Definitely at least backup Rushmore.

When I was a kid my favorite candy was something called a Clark bar. Kind of a better version of Butterfinger, to my recollection. I think you only find those in the gift shop at Cracker Barrel these days.
 
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mcmurtry66 said:
Halloween is ruined for kids. There’s no excitement. The variety bags available at every store ruined the surprise. Now every house you go to has the exact same shit
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Were going full size this year! Kit Kats, Reeces double packs, and Hersheys Chocolate Bars

I will agree though everyone gives out the same crap, No surprise foil packs, or some crazy gift...blah
 
I will also admit that I hated Baby Ruths as a kid, but they have kinda grown on me in recent years. Same thing with Mounds.

Just weird how one candy went from my Trashmore to back-up Rushmore over the years.
 
Had a dentist on our street as a kid. You guessed it............toothbrushes. To be fair, he did hand out sugar free gum.
 
outside shooter said:
Do Peeps even exist, outside of the two weeks leading up to Easter?

I may owe an apology to Payday bars. Definitely at least backup Rushmore.

When I was a kid my favorite candy was something called a Clark bar. Kind of a better version of Butterfinger, to my recollection. I think you only find those in the gift shop at Cracker Barrel these days.
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Yeah, they do.

Her grandparents found some ghost peeps for her. Have no idea where they got them, but she's in heaven.
 
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I will also admit that I hated Baby Ruths as a kid, but they have kinda grown on me in recent years. Same thing with Mounds.

Just weird how one candy went from my Trashmore to back-up Rushmore over the years.
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That was my mom’s favorite, I hate coconut, so no Mounds for me. Have we forgotten the under rated $100,000 bar? A good combination with the needed crunch.
 
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mcmurtry66 said:
Couple of paralegals just broke my Facebook with their skankween pics!!!!! Damn!!!!
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Man, the outfits the girls used to wear. I’d always tease them that the first word was always slutty….nurse, teacher, fireman, angel, devil, cat. They could turn any costume slutty.
 
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zeke4ahs said:
That was my mom’s favorite, I hate coconut, so no Mounds for me. Have we forgotten the under rated $100,000 bar? A good combination with the needed crunch.
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100k bars are delicious. Have you noticed the size of them now. Joke. They’re tiny
 
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hoosboot said:
You owe an apology to the board for that shit take.

What's with this peanut obsession? Payday bars are ass.

Get yourself a bag of peanuts and quit sullying Rushmore with legumes.

Can anyone tell that I'm going as Farva for Halloween?
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Not enough name calling….try again
 
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100k bars are delicious. Have you noticed the size of them now. Joke. They’re tiny
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Haven’t had one lately, but everything is smaller ( that’s what she said). Really I’d prefer to pay more and get the same size, because when I splurge on calories, once in awhile, I want my full candy bar!!
 
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